Hi Everyone, As I mentioned on IRC, I want to finish drafting the Hackathon announcement ASAP so I can get it to my uni's ACM (along with a short "what is freenet?").
We started a piratepad about a week ago for the announcement (which I'd like to get up on freenetproject.org when it's complete): http://piratepad.net/lhsiYf5m5Q and I believe I've implemented Prometheas' changes. Does anyone have further changes they'd like to add? I believe in the process I also addressed Steve's concern about not over-specifying what people should work on. The announcement links to here: https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Wiki/Hackathon Does anyone have any additions, corrections, or subtractions they want to apply there? Thanks everyone. Cheers, Dan On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Dan Roberts <ademan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > It's been a week without any objections to the dates. > > Therefore, the hackathon will be December 19-20th. > > The topic remains an open discussion, however. > > Arne proposed Winterface, which I am interested in. However, I do have > some questions: > > - How many people really know the Winterface code base well enough to > help us newbies keep moving? > - Is it more useful to work on FProxy's UI or Winterface in the medium term? > * Can anyone comment about the merits of working on Winterface > versus removing warts from FProxy's UI from a "utility" perspective? > In other words, is the core team open to "blessing" Winterface in some > fashion if it became polished enough? If Winterface, for one reason or > another, is doomed to remain an experimental plugin for the > foreseeable future, perhaps it's more useful to shave warts off of > FProxy's UI? > > It sounds like there are a number of veterans interested in hacking on > various projects that interest them. So long as there are veterans > around who are knowledgeable about the code us newbies will be > touching, I'm just happy that people will be hacking. > > Announcement Wording > =========== > > I'd like to advertise the hackathon on freenetproject.org. Assuming > the appropriate project leaders approve of this, my first pass of the > text is: > > The Freenet Project is holding a hackathon the weekend of December > 19th and 20th. > The hackathon is open to developers of all skill levels, and will be held > remotely over [IRC](help.html#irc) as well as on Freenet's anonymous IRC > system, FLIP (link?). > > If you would like to participate, please let us know (HOW?), and > suggest a topic to > hack on. On Friday, December 18th, we would like for all participants to > sign up on the Bug Tracker (?), have Freenet installed, and be ready > for the hackathon! > > Of course, feel free to join us on our [Mailing > List](https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl) or > on [IRC](help.html#irc) any time and introduce yourself. > > ----- > > Problems with the above: > > - General wording is awkward > - What contact methods should be listed for RSVP? (Contact on ML only?) > - If Winterface ends up being the topic, should anyone sign up for the > bug tracker? > > > Finally, should phrasing this announcement be coordinated off-list? > > Thanks everyone and cheers, > Dan > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Dan Roberts <ademan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I can commit to December 19-20th. If anybody has a strong objection to >> those dates please speak up soon, otherwise I'd like to consider those >> dates fixed. >> >> Regardless of date, does anyone have an opinion on topics? >> - Steve made a good point that UI code is probably a good topic for >> newbies, as it generally shouldn't require deep knowledge of Freenet. >> - Dean also mentioned just generally "bug squashing", I think I'd >> prefer to be slightly more focused but it could work well. >> - I don't believe localization should be a primary focus of this >> hackathon, but it might be a good secondary topic, or topic of a >> future hackathon. >> - If the veteran-to-newbie ratio is high, perhaps some deeper topics >> could be attempted. We'll know closer to the date what to expect. If >> that were the situation, do any veterans have some particular bugs >> they'd want to attempt? >> >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, xor <x...@freenetproject.org> wrote: >>> On Friday, October 23, 2015 08:26:39 AM Dan Roberts wrote: >>>> Hi Steve, >>>> Thanks for proposing a date, unfortunately I actually have final >>>> exams the week of December 14th so I have very limited availability >>>> that weekend. I was also hoping to try to rally some people from my >>>> university, so the weekend before finals week is doubly difficult. >>>> However, realistically, I think I'd be lucky to attract more than 2-3 >>>> interested students anyways, so that may not really matter, especially >>>> if Dec 12-13 works best for others. >>> >>> I would be unhappy if you didn't participate! :) You've done very good at >>> acquiring lots of knowledge during the IRC discussions, and you should get >>> your chance to be able to finally hit the keyboard with code :) >>> >>> What about Dec 19 & 20? >>> People are anyway more likely to have vacation then than the weekend before, >>> so it might be a better date for everyone? >>> >>> Greetings >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devl mailing list >>> Devl@freenetproject.org >>> https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl